Snort 2.9.8.x on Ubuntu 12, 14, and 15 with Barnyard2, PulledPork, and Snorby

Abstract

This guide will walk you through installing Snort as a NIDS (network intrusion detection system), with three pieces of additional software to improve the functionality of Snort. This guide is written with the Snort host as a VMware vSphere virtual machine, but can be easily used to install Snort on a physical machine or as a virtual machine on another platform. The latest version of this guide plus additional notes can be found at SublimeRobots.com. This installer guide has been tested on the following versions of Ubuntu running on VMware vSphere 3